Improvement in wind-powers



c. SCHNEIDER; WIND-POWER.

ew .HHI "a I No.17Z,784.

ATTUBNEYS.

MPEfERS. PHOTO-LITHUGEAFNER. WASHINGTON. DV 0- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Q

CONRAD SOHNEIDEB OF CHARLES CITY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIND-POWERS.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,784, dated January 25, 1876; application filed J une 12, 1875.

construction and arrangement of parts, as.

hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved machine, and Fig. 2 is a top view of the fan. v V

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a lever pivoted on the top of the vertical shaft B, so as to swing up and down.

0 is a counterpoise on the short arm, and

Y D is a fan pivoted on the long arm by a horizontal axis, and balanced on the pivot, but having larger area above than below the pivot.

E is a bar pivoted to lever A under the upper end of the fan, and extending through a slot in it, with a head-piece, F, on the upper end lZQllUJlli the upward swing of fan, and it is also to prevent the fan from swinging up the pump..

when the machine is not required to run, by holding it down on the lever by the cord, G, arranged to pull it down by hand, and hold it by being made fast to the frame or any stationary object.

It will be seen that the wind blowing under the fan, as indicated by arrowa, will swing it up until it assumes a horizontal position, when, on account of the greater area of the upper part, that will swing down and take the air, so

as to be forced down until by passing the.

horizontal plane so that the air blows under it again, it will .be forced upward as before,

thus making continuous vibratory motion until the bar E, being pulled down by the rope, holds it so that it cannot swing.

Tbelever and fan may be arranged to swing horizontally on the same plane, if preferred.

I is the rod for transmitting the motion to Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a wind-power apparatus, the combination, with the swinging lever and vibratory fan, of bar E and cord Gr, substantially as shown and described, to operate as and for the purpose specified.

. CONRAD SCHNEIDER. Witnesses:

W. D. BALGH,

J. F. SPAULDING. 

